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Free help offered to those who need assistance preparing tax forms
DEARBORN — If you have low or moderate income and are over 60-years-old free help to prepare your tax forms is available from volunteers. The program is provided by the City of Dearborn’s Senior Services Division. Appointments aren’t necessary, but services are limited to 25 people a day. Help is available to those who need...Egypt and Tunisia covered from all angles by Michigan-Dearborn professors
DEARBORN — College campuses have always been bastions of free speech and open political discussions, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn's College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences building was the site of one such event on Tuesday, Feb. 8 as the topic of recent uprisings in the Arab world was discussed. UM-Dearborn professor...Support for Egyptian revolution continues with vigils, rallies in Dearborn and Royal Oak
Protestors brave a snowstorm during the 2 p.m. rally at Dearborn City Hall. Photo courtesy of Nour SakerDEARBORN — The Egyptian push for freedom was strong in the hearts and minds of the more than 250 people on Saturday, Feb. 5 in Dearborn as they gathered on the steps of City Hall for a late-afternoon rally despite frigid...
Egypt: A plot against the people’s revolution
February 11th, 20110 After decades of setbacks and defeats, the Arab masses are invigorated by the popular uprising in Egypt. Witnessing history in the making, their optimism is at its peak. While the Arab people have celebrated the youth revolution in Egypt, policy makers in Washington have been at first caught off guard and since then have looked at the...‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ stands with Egyptian protesters
'Jewish Voice for Peace,' a national organization with a Michigan branch that is committed to ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine, released a statement in support of the Egyptian uprising and struggle for democracy and freedom. The following are excerpts from the statement: “We at Jewish Voice for Peace are deeply inspired by...Palestinian streets quiet as PA suppresses protests
RAMALLAH (IPS) — The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using brute force and intimidation tactics — similar to those deployed in Cairo — to suppress pro-Egyptian and Tunisian protests in the West Bank. However, despite PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his ruling Fatah party being all too keenly aware of their own tenuous grip on power,...Palestinian streets quiet as PA suppresses protests
RAMALLAH (IPS) — The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using brute force and intimidation tactics — similar to those deployed in Cairo — to suppress pro-Egyptian and Tunisian protests in the West Bank. However, despite PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his ruling Fatah party being all too keenly aware of their own tenuous grip on power,...Mixed response further hurts U.S. credibility
At a time when the human spirit in Egypt is braving the odds, standing up against tyranny and for freedom and basic human rights, the Obama administration shows little support for the political needs and internal pressures of the Egyptians. This non-response from the Obama White House has made Egyptians increasingly critical of the...Egyptians respond to defiant Mubarak
Anti-government protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square wave shoes in dismay as President Hosni Mubarak speaks to the nation February 10, 2011. Protesters also chanted, "down, down with Hosni Mubarak," and "leave, leave," in rage at the speech in which the president did not step down but handed over powers to his vice president....Man accused of plotting to blow up Dearborn mosque gets new attorney, hearing postponed
DEARBORN — The California man accused of planning to blow up the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn rejected his court-appointed counsel stating the lawyer was a Shi'a Muslim and affiliated with the center. Roger Stockham, 63, made the announcement at his first hearing on Feb. 4 before Judge Mark Somers of Dearborn’s 19th...City’s snow removal rules
DEARBORN — Dearborn residents can help get the roads plowed faster this winter by moving parked vehicles off the street whenever three inches or more of snow is predicted to fall. Remember that when the City of Dearborn declares a snow emergency, you must remove your parked vehicles from the street or you could be ticketed and your...DPW program allows Dearborn residents to purchase trees at low cost
DEARBORN — To keep Dearborn neighborhoods attractive city officials are encouraging residents to plant trees in front of their homes. The new initiative also reduces energy consumption and supports a healthier environment. Through a low cost program offered by the Department of Public Works residents can order trees and plant them in...55-year-old caught fondling himself outside Dearborn school
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Patrick Bencher of Dearborn Heights was found loitering outside the Sacred Heart Church and School, 22430 Michigan Ave., while children were at recess. Bencher is facing indecent exposure charges. According to the Dearborn Police Surveillance Unit who watched over Bencher for days he was seen fondling himself a...CAAO announces rallies in Dearborn, Detroit to support Egyptian push for freedom
DEARBORN - The Congress of Arab American Organizations held a meeting at the Lebanese American Heritage Club in Dearborn on Thursday, Feb. 10 to discuss recent events in Egypt, as embattled president Hosni Mubarak refused to step down despite pressure from millions of protesters. The CAAO announced it will hold a vigil for the...Arab Americans rally in Dearborn to support Egypt protests, demand change in U.S. foreign policy
DEARBORN — To express solidarity with protesters in Egypt, about 200 Arab Americans rallied outside of Dearborn City Hall on Jan. 29, passionately shouting slogans including, “one, two, three, four, get Mubarak out the door,” “I hate you Mubarak” and “we don’t want you. Thirty years are enough. We want our freedom. We want......
From an Egyptian to my fellow Americans
Dear fellow people of America, I am Egyptian. I have been ruled by the state of emergency for 30 years…yes 30 years. During these thirty years, 40 percent of my people have lived under the poverty line; 30 to 40 percent are illiterate. During these black years, and unlike you, we never had fair and transparent elections; we, unlike...
Proud to be an Arab
February 4th, 20110 We are at one with the people of the Arab world who are now standing up for their individual and collective rights. The Tunisians, the Egyptians, the Palestinians, the Jordanians, the Yemenis, the Lebanese - all of them and the others in the Arab world fighting for democracy and human rights have our full support as they attempt to break...The ‘Italian Job’ and other highlights from U.S.’s rendition program with Egypt
Among the many aspects of the U.S.-Egypt relationship, few have been as controversial as the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program, where the agency frequently handed over suspected terrorists to foreign governments with histories of torture and illegal detention. According to Human Rights Watch, Egypt welcomed more CIA detainees than...
Egypt’s leaders struggle to regain control as pressure mounts in Tahrir Square
February 4th, 20110 Demonstrators throw rocks to repel an attack launched by pro-Mubarak supporters near Tahrir Square in Cairo February 3, 2011. Anti-government protesters and supporters of Mubarak clashed on Thursday near a central Cairo square in a re-run of overnight violence that killed ten and wounded more than 800 people. REUTERS/Goran......
CAAO to hold Egypt solidarity vigil and rally this Saturday
February 4th, 20110 On Monday, Jan. 31, members of the Congress of Arab American Organizations gathered to discuss the ongoing fight for democracy that has reached several Arab countries. The group represents about 40 organizations in Michigan. They issued this statement: “The CAAO stands with the people of these countries and their aspirations...
Yemenis stage ‘day of rage’ against Saleh rule
February 4th, 20110 Tens of thousands of anti-Saleh protesters mass at Sanaa University after partisans take over Al-Tahrir square SANAA— Tens of thousands of protesters massed on Thursday at Sanaa University for a "day of rage" against Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, while a similar number of loyalists flooded a central square in support of the......
As Arab regimes are shaken, allies and foes ponder the future
Palm Beach Gardens — The Arab political coma is over. The spirit of Tunisia is in the Arab psyche. The knees of Arab despots are shaking in North Africa, West Asia and the Gulf states. A woman walks near a wall with graffiti which reads "Long live for Freedom" in Tunis February 1, 2011. Tunisia's security forces must be...
Secular and devout, rich and poor — They marched together with one goal
February 4th, 20110 It was a victory parade – without the victory. They came in their hundreds of thousands, joyful, singing, praying, a great packed mass of Egypt, suburb by suburb, village by village, waiting patiently to pass through the "people's security" checkpoints, draped in the Egyptian flag of red, white and black, its governess eagle a bright......
